Tuscani01
Senior Member
The one on Housey Street in CityPlace (under the Gardiner) is also closing, as is the one at Sugar Wharf.
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The one on Housey Street in CityPlace (under the Gardiner) is also closing, as is the one at Sugar Wharf.
Northern Light
Superstar
Interesting that Toronto seems to be taking a slightly inordinate hit, losing at least 4 locations. Might be a bit more, but that's still small potatoes on 150+ locations.
torontowest91
Active Member
plus the newish one at College/Bathurst.. weird
Richard White
Senior Member
Same situation at 1 Yorkville. It only opened a year or so ago.
bAuHaUs
Active Member
Also closing the pick-up only at East Liberty & Strachan (adjacent to Altea)
torontowest91
Active Member
plus the pickup on queen west - i think they are done with the pickup concept
matrix
Active Member
Wow, these locations are closing on such short notice. Makes me feel really bad for the employees... Theyre always working their asses off, it's not an easy job.
Personally I like Starbucks. I've never had a bad time there. It's a bit pricey but it's more consistent than Tim's in my experience, so it's more like a treat sometimes. Tim's is a lot better at the baked goods though. Funny how you don't see Tim's closing often, even if people seem to REALLY hate them these days...
Personally I like Starbucks. I've never had a bad time there. It's a bit pricey but it's more consistent than Tim's in my experience, so it's more like a treat sometimes. Tim's is a lot better at the baked goods though. Funny how you don't see Tim's closing often, even if people seem to REALLY hate them these days...
matrix
Active Member
Only location I've seen closed starting Monday in the Halton region is at 1020 Dundas Street West, which is inside a Petro Canada gas station. All other locations are open, including any that are inside Metro or Longo's, and some of those also have free-standing locations across the street. And I couldn't find any closing in Hamilton either.
Seems like as a metro centre, Toronto is obviously getting hit the hardest by this, but not nearly as bad as anyone could have assumed. This is in no way an apocalypse! But, hopefully in the wake of this some much better coffee shops can take place of those old leases, like Pilot or Mos Mos.
Seems like as a metro centre, Toronto is obviously getting hit the hardest by this, but not nearly as bad as anyone could have assumed. This is in no way an apocalypse! But, hopefully in the wake of this some much better coffee shops can take place of those old leases, like Pilot or Mos Mos.
torontowest91
Active Member
the downtown stores also close - relocate and reopen often... they might close a few and then reopen later in a new or cheaper spot...
afransen
Senior Member
Given that they are mostly corporate, I would not be surprised if staff move to other locations.
Northern Light
Superstar
From Six Retail:
Source: https://6ixretail.com/2025/09/starbucks-closes-toronto-locations-worker-layoffs-september-2025/
So 13 Toronto locations or about 8% of locations.
Much larger hit than I was expecting.
I will look into this......bit further.
Source: https://6ixretail.com/2025/09/starbucks-closes-toronto-locations-worker-layoffs-september-2025/
So 13 Toronto locations or about 8% of locations.
Much larger hit than I was expecting.
I will look into this......bit further.
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longfortheoldview
New Member
I wonder if the new location at Spadina & Dupont is still going ahead?
TossYourJacket
Senior Member
My guess is that's largely because Tim's tend to be franchised so generally the franchisee would make the decision to close, rather than Tim's corporate. Starbucks locations are corporate owned which means the company can just close/open/relocate locations whenever they want. Starbucks is also known for pretty ruthlessly optimizing its store portfolio. I read somewhere they tend to close about 100 stores a year in Canada, but they usually open an equivalent or greater number each year so it's not that noticeable in terms of their overall market presence.
Yeah this seems to be a pivot away from the seating-free model the company had increasingly pivoted to the last few years, which is probably why so many of the locations closing are relatively new (or are explicitly pickup locations). I wouldn't be surprised to see many of these areas get a new location sooner or later but one that fits more with the new direction of having seating areas again.
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Richard White
Senior Member
Monarch Park is a hybrid of this.
It's a very small store with only 1 or two seats. It's also very compact around the counter.
Yes it's busy but it's also seasonally busy and quite tiny.